Day that made the Press cry

DAVE Candler has revealed that his colleagues on the New York Daily News are to be offered counselling for the horrors they witnessed in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.

DAVE Candler has revealed that his colleagues on the New York Daily News are to be offered counselling for the horrors they witnessed in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.

The News's offices are just a few blocks away from the attack site and their staff were among the first on the scene.

Photographer Peter Foley dashed to the World Trade Center after hearing of the first collision.

After two days spent shooting footage in the rubble and destruction, Foley told staff he was coping well with witnessing the carnage around him.

But as he described the scenes, he began to choke back sobs.

He said: "I suspect there will be a time in a few weeks when I leave the city for a while when I'll think all about it.

"But then, all of a sudden, I'm thinking about walking down Church Street and hearing all those people screaming and the firemen and all those kids with no family."

Workers on Dave's newspaper are to be offered counselling by psychiatrists and grief counsellors to ensure that they have an outlet for their emotions.

"I feel like a zombie," said one reporter based in Wall Street. "I close my eyes and I see people jumping out of the building.

"We've been working, working non-stop. And it feels good to be able to work, but I keep feeling like I¹m just going to break down crying."

Dave revealed that many staff had broken down in tears in the office as the sheer enormity of the devastation began to sink in.